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EYESTRAIN
Definition of EYESTRAIN
noun
Tiredness or pain in the eyes, sometimes accompanied by headache, caused by excessive or improper use of the eyes, or by uncorrected defects of vision.
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Where it comes from
From eye + strain.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EYESTRAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EYESTRAIN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEINRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EYESTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found EYESTRAIN?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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